Taupo Weekender
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- NewsBank (1988)
Latest documents
- Remarkable collection
He Atua, He Tangata: The world of Māori mythology
- Homicide inquiry after man dies
at motel
An emergency housing motel in Taupō that is the scene of a homicide inquiry has been the subject of police attention more than 40 times in just over a year.
- CLUB REPORTS
Wednesday Walkers
- Blizzard scene for well-paced thriller
FILM REVIEW
No Exit (R, 95 mins), screening now on Disney+
- GOLF RESULTS
Tuesday Ladies
- Changes are on the horizon
It is time for a change.
- In these testing Covid times, keep your dogs in control
With Covid in the community, Taupō District Council suggests it’s best for all our dog owners to keep their pooches on a lead in spaces where they need to be, and make sure their canine companions do not run up to other dogs, or people.
- MĀORI WORD
The Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a different Māori word to learn each week. This week’s word: marumaru - shade
- It’s time to get the garden ready because winter is coming
While plenty of vegetables are still producing and harvest is still ongoing, there is certainly a noticeable chill in the air.
- Kiwis losing millions to online scams
According to New Zealand Police’s Financial Intelligence Unit, Kiwis who get tricked into passing their money to love interests lose tens of millions of dollars annually to these scams.
Featured documents
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Setting the record straight
Vaccine-related hospitalisations are being hushed upThere are many approaches to assessing the safety of vaccines after they’re introduced. One is to collect reports of adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines, even if the vaccine might not have caused the event. These reports ...
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Where there’s no will, there’s a way
Kathy Doyle says she’s always had a passion for law....
- ‘They cut a hole in my throat’
‘They cut a hole in my throat’
Jordan Doyle cries when she talks about being isolated in Auckland away from home, her partner and her two children while recovering from a horrific car accident....
- Celebrating the art of achieving his century
He has never been a drinker and has never smoked. He’s always kept mind and body active. He survived three years service in World War II and untold classrooms of rowdy students. And today, Norm Fraser is 100....
- CEO excited by new role and welcome
It’s 10 weeks in and Miraka’s new chief executive, Grant Watson, says that so far, it’s been a steep learning curve....
- ‘We were being smashed’
ATaupō man fed up with the “soul-destroying” MIQ lottery, found a unique way to return to New Zealand....